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Things We’ve Said
Woke up this morning, kicking myself hard. Nuff said about that other than… Things We’ve Said by Michael Romani Teared face looks in the mirror Trapped disgrace lived out in error Struggling past feeble lines of poetry That still vivid … Continue reading
Put Quite Simply
Sometimes mistakes, even huge mistakes happen. I think this has lately become a sticking point to and for me. I will never be perfect and sometimes am in need of forgiveness. Doesn’t mean I don’t regret my errors. It means … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, Avalanche, Believe, Ben Franklin, Consistency, Correct, Credibility, Deep, Discern, Dumb, Forgive, Heal, Heartbreak, Hope, Humor, Hurt, Imperfect, Intention, Keep, Know, Learn, Love, Misstep, Mistake, Page, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Promise, Rising Sun, See, Show, Simple, Sorrow, Talk, Time, Tomorrow, True, Turn, Twist, Wisdom, Yesterday
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Heartland United
Tales of the American Heartland… Heartland United by Michael Romani We have one heartland united In a nation too divided Filled with hop and our heartbreak The nation’s heart awakes From Nebraska to the Central Valley There is a flavor … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July, America, Celebration, Central Valley, Dream, Flavor, Freedom, Genuine, Guitar, Handshake, Heartland, Horse, Integrity, Lullaby, Melody, Moon, Myth, Nashville, Nation, Nebraska, Ole Glory, Patriot, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Sentimental, Smile, Sophist, Tears, Town, United
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Nick of Time
Continuing in my promise to my oldest daughter, this is a poetic retelling of The Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 7): Nick of Time by Michael Romani Traveling somewhere without exact precision On the outskirts of the twilight dimension Where … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Ask, Blessed, Cafe, Coin, Couple, Curious, Devotion, Events, Faith, Gizmo, Hesitate, Honeymoon, Jukebox, Learn, Life, Lunch, Mystic Seer, New York City, Nick, Outskirt, Penny, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Promotion, Question, Slow Dance, Stress, Table, Tale, Talisman, Task, The Twilight Zone, Time, Time to Kill, Travel, Walk, Wife, Worry
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Disintegration Apology
As God reminds me often, I am indeed a work in progress. I do my best to be a good or at least decent man. But, I am fairly flawed, right? Disintegration Apology by Michael Romani In the midst of … Continue reading
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Tagged Apology, Candy Store, Disintegration, Fail, Flaw, Hope, Integration, Jester, Kid, King, Lack, Lost, Love, Love Song, Make Up, Mystery, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Tear Drops, True, Void, Want, Work In Progress
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Cultivating Kindness III
The Lord shows His kindness is His Yes, His No and His Wait. All things that happen, happen with purpose. It’s important in our growing to consider this perspective no matter how personally unsettling things get or are. Cultivating Kindness … Continue reading
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Tagged Atmosphere, Clear, Community, Compassion, Compromise, Cross, Cultivate, Darkness, Discipline, Effort, Experience, Family, Fear, Find, Forgive, Genuine, Gift, God, Integrity, Kind, Kindness, Lesson, Lord, Love, Obedience, One, Path, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Promise, Reflect, Repent, Seek, Sense, Sin, Smile, Sublime, Truth, Walk Back, Warning
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Graveled Voice
I was thinking the other day about another poet not so long ago another poet that I respect telling someone else that my shorter poems are more like rock lyrics. That probably comes as somewhat of a surprise to some. … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Apocalypse, Blind, Blue Skies, Compromises, Connection, Decadence, Embrace, Failure, Gentle, Going On, Gravel, Gray, Guitar, High Browed, Kaleidoscope, Karmic, Life, Lyrics, Memory, Meolody, Mirror, Modern Poetry, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Rock, Rock Salt, Sad, See, Sigh, Simple, Sleepless Night, Transcendence, Tremble, Voice, Wise, Wordless Prayer, Yesterday, Yesteryear
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The Last Days of Death
Regard well the moments of your life and never disregard a chance given to tell someone you care about or who needs an encouraging word those things that you might say to make their world better. You never know when … Continue reading
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Tagged Biology, Breath, Buy, Capable, Constraint, Day, Death, Disease, Dream, Ease, Encourage, Equality, Escape, Expiration Date, Fight, Frailty, Good fight, Google, Grim Reaper, Hand, Immortality, Iron Clad, Life, Mantra, Mortality, Nap, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Realign, Rush, Science, Sensible, Tap, Technicality, Time, Truth, Value, View, World, Young
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Things I’m Learning From You
Dedicated to all those I like and love however imperfectly… Things I’m Learning From You by Michael Romani I’ve long sought my authenticity Pursuing it with great integrity Only to find that in the much I believed I was too … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Authenticity, Begun, Beileve, Calvary, Checkered Past, Cherish, Clarity, Close, Deceived, Fell, Forgive, Gaffe, Gain, Grew, History, Hurt, Ignorance, Imperfect, Indecision, Integrity, Intimacy, Knew, Laugh, Learn, Love, Memory, Mind, Monkey, Morning, Night, One, Pain, Pajama Party, Perfection, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Sincere, Sleepless, Smile, Soul, Sun, Surprise, Twenty Questions, Two, Words, You
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Tea Leaf Sarabande
A sort of a kitchen sink sort of a poem… or maybe more of a tea cup’s worth of observations…. Tea Leaf Sarabande by Michael Romani Reading future in leaves of tea Broken lines filled with symmetry Trolls they say … Continue reading
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Tagged Back, Circle, Dance, Destiny, Dread, Firelight, Forget Me Not, Fork, Future, Ghost Story, Heartache, Heather, Indecision, Lake, Leaf, Magic, Now, Path, Peak, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Present, Promise, Radiance, Resent, Sarabande, Shadow, Silence, Solitary, Storm, Strong Hand, Symmetry, Tea, Troll, Understand, Whisper, Willow, Words
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 